Say you are having a hardware related issue on your iPhone, first place you would think to go is your local Apple store, right? Well not if you're running iPhone 3.0 Beta it turns out, as MacRumors forums show you will politely get rejected and denied sort of help.

TiPb has confirmed this is indeed true from speaking with a few Apple employees.

Now where does that leave someone who purchased the beta from a stranger on Graigslist? Not in a good place obviously since to get your issue taken care of or to have your phone replaced you must call a developer-only help line. Now if you are a bit more expierienced with the iPhone you can always try to downgrade back to the 2.2.1 software before going into the Apple Store but say your home button is not working, you are flat out of luck and you are now stuck with a official iPhone paper weight.

100 bucks for mobile me another 100 for sdk; plus apples cut of my annual 360 data revenue I'm sure if you have needs you will be taken care of.... I hope. One of the reasons why enjoy having an iPhone.

@sting7k: Apple gives you the same warning if you read the agreements. The difference between Apple and Windows on that count is that if you are using the 3.0 software legitimately, you will receive support from the developer support group. If you are using Win7 RC1, you are on you own period.
There are reasons that Apple doesn't publicly share the beta software with non-devs. This would be one of the top.

I use my device for personal use, with 3.0. I have acess to it through a friend, iphone dev. That said, i am fully aware of what it means, and would never take it with 3.0 installed to apple support. I would surely dowgrade to 2.2.1, something that i already did 2 times (piece of cake IMO)

I want to know who's stupid enough to pay for a beta release, when if you just do a little googling it can be found for free, but if you must have it be sure to buy the 3.5.2 beta!
More important than that is who needs 3.0 so bad? Almost all the features coming in 3.0 can be gotten by a little pwnage, and some more that Apple will not include in 3.0
And anyone that goes looking for the 3.5.2 beta I just fabricated remember you have to soak your iphone for one hour in a Marsala marinade first.

@iRoc no one is paying for the actual beta OS itself, what people are paying for is to have their device put on some ones developer list. there are a lot of people out there who are selling spots on there dev list for $5-10. if you install the OS without being on that list you just bricked your phone.

@dionte. Your answer was in the paragraph plain as day.. Now let's keep things on subject and I promise to think before I post if certain others do the same.
The fact still is, if you are not a developer do not get the update as it is not ready for public use. If one still should decide to do so ,as with jailbreaking, you are on your own. I do not fault Apple for their stance either.

There is a special paid developer help line. If you are a paid up devloper and you have 3.0 and there is a problem then you must call that number. Problem is if you are not a paid developer they will not help you. Did that help, caterpiller?

I was a paid legit developer and upgraded to 3.0 - the first few betas went smoothly, but beta 4 seemed to jack up my phone - the loading bar wouldn't go anywhere and eventually, it would restart and give me the purple plug in screen. I went to the apple store and they told me the above scenario but get this - they told me that the screen turned purple because the phone wasn't activated correctly. hahaa. Anyways - I eventually had to jailbreak the thing back down to 2.2 and then re-up back to 3.0 - It took 4 or 5 times but eventually worked and am now running beta 5. Thank goodness for jb!